Multiple Sclerosis and Panuveitis: A Rare Association
| Autor: | Selda Keskin Güler, Tahir Kurtuluş Yoldaş, Caner Baydar, H Nalan Güneş, Sevim Kavuncu, Burcu Gökçe Çokal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry General Neuroscience Multiple sclerosis Panuveitis Complete blood count Neurological examination medicine.disease Dermatology Optic neuropathy Psychiatry and Mental health medicine Pathergy Sarcoidosis Vasculitis business Letter to the Editor |
| Zdroj: | Noro Psikiyatri Arsivi. 53:94-95 |
| ISSN: | 1309-4866 1300-0667 |
| DOI: | 10.5152/npa.2015.8790 |
| Popis: | A 28-year-old right-handed male presented in December 2012 with complaints of numbness in the right arm and leg. Neurological examination revealed right hemiparesis and hemihypoesthesia. He had a history of epilepsy, and his mother had Sjogren syndrome. He reported that the numbness in the right arm and leg had started 2 years ago and he was then diagnosed with vasculitis, and thus, was administered 300 mg/day acetylsalicylic acid. Complete blood count, serum biochemistry, and sedimentation rate were normal. Immunological tests, including antinuclear, antiDNA, and antiphospholipids antibodies; laboratory tests for Lyme disease; ENA screening for Sjogren syndrome, syphilis, toxoplasmosis, hepatitis, HIV, CMV, tuberculosis, and sarcoidosis; and Schirmer’s and pathergy tests were negative. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain revealed periventricular and pericallosal hyperintense lesions that were typical of MS (Figure 1, 2). Cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed a cellular count of |
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